NHER 33587 (Cropmark and Earthwork record) - Medieval ridge and furrow, settlement and hollow way

Late April 1998. Permanent but improved grass field.
East to west furrow visible. At west end slight headland bank and then pronounced drop down to former common in G327 (NHER 28883). East end of field, to east of another headland is site of a medieval farm, the tenement Gibbes in existence by 1349. Wide hollow along south hedge marks continuation towards east of existing road (G330) to west.
Site visited by B. Cushion (NLA).
Rest of G321 to south and east of the tenement is former common, Hey Green.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 19 May 1998.

8 May 1998. NLA air photography.
Ridge and furrow (faint on photograph) in this field.
D. Edwards (NLA) 15 December 1998.

February 1999. Earthwork Survey.
Medieval sherd found at same time.
Field work No: G321.
See report (S1) for plan and further details. This survey is also noted in (S2).
B. Cushion (NLA) 24 February 1999. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 14 April 2015.

September 2023. Wendling Beck and Fransham Aerial Investigation and Mapping (AIM) Project.
The earthworks of ridge and furrow described above are visible on aerial photographs and visualised lidar data (S3-S4). Their straightness and narrowness suggest that they may be post medieval rather than medieval in date. The slight east-facing scarp recorded by the earlier ground survey (S1), which the ridges overlie towards the eastern end of the field, is also visible on the visualised lidar data as a low bank. It may be a former headland. It has not been mapped due to the difficulty of representing overlapping features. Similarly, the hollow way to the south and the extant field boundaries have not been mapped, as they are depicted in historical and modern Ordnance Survey mapping. As the lidar survey was flown relatively recently, it is probable that these earthworks still survive.
S. Tremlett (Norfolk Historic Environment Service), 22 September 2023.